--- title: A cartoon shows the sea going in only once a month. What is right? — Phases, eclipses and tides · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon shows the sea going in only once a month. What is right? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [Phases, eclipses and tides](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Phases, eclipses and tides A cartoon shows the sea going in only once a month. What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon · **What happens:** show, go in, be · **To what, where:** sea This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» of the space course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows the sea going in only once a month. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t9:1 # text = A cartoon shows the sea going in only once a month. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | the sea | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent sea=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go in** | gerund | a cartoon *not said here* | | | | | once *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What is right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t9:2 # text = What is right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Once a month is right ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t9:o1:1 # text = Once a month is right 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a month | | | | | once, right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only when it is windy ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t9:o2:1 # text = Only when it is windy 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 windy windy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | windy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Most coasts have two high tides roughly every day ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t9:o3:1 # text = Most coasts have two high tides roughly every day 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 coasts coast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tides tide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Most coasts | two high tides | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tide=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Once a year only, in the summer, when the sea is at its warmest ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t9:o4:1 # text = Once a year only, in the summer, when the sea is at its warmest 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 warmest warm ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the sea | | | | year | warm *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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